Title :
Prototypes of Opportunistic Wireless Mesh Networks Supporting Real-Time Services
Author :
Liang Song ; Hatzinakos, D.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Toronto, Toronto
Abstract :
Wireless mesh networks can provide for attractive solutions to telecommunication services, where cost-effective broadband access can be realized, by means of frequency reuse and lower engineering cost in installing. A novel network architecture of opportunistic mesh networks is presented here, based upon the cognitive networking concept which opportunistically utilizes the network resources including both spectrum bandwidth and mesh station availability. The proof-of-concept prototypes are developed to show: (1) the supportance of real-time traffic over multiple wireless hops by the opportunistic resource utilization; (2) the drop-and-play networking model which can vastly save the network planning/deployment costs.
Keywords :
broadband networks; radio access networks; real-time systems; telecommunication network planning; telecommunication services; telecommunication traffic; broadband access; cognitive networking concept; drop-and-play networking; multiple wireless hops; network architecture; network deployment costs; network planning; opportunistic resource utilization; opportunistic wireless mesh networks; proof-of-concept prototypes; real-time services; real-time traffics; telecommunication services; Availability; Bandwidth; Costs; Design engineering; Frequency; Mesh networks; Prototypes; Telecommunication services; Telecommunication traffic; Wireless mesh networks;
Conference_Titel :
Consumer Communications and Networking Conference, 2008. CCNC 2008. 5th IEEE
Conference_Location :
Las Vegas, NV
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1456-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1457-4
DOI :
10.1109/ccnc08.2007.92
